Pars absens w kanonicznym procesie o nieważność małżeństwa. Analiza norm kodeksowych i Instrukcji procesowej Dignitas Connubii
Pars Absense in the Canonical Mariage Process. Analysis of Code of Canon Law and the Instruction Dignitas Connubii

Summary/Abstract: The absence of a party to a case is a frequent situation in a marriage nullity process. This applies to both the petitioning and the responding party, who, for various reasons, remain passive in relation to the pending process. The presented considerations aim to show norms and provisions of the Code of Canon Law of 1983 and Instruction Dignitas Connubii that regulate the conduct of a judge and the parties when either party fails to appear. Showing differences in judicial conduct and possible reasons for a party’s non-appearance is crucial for the understanding of the legal consequences for the parties and the course of the process. The following issues will have a significant impact on decisions made by a judge: reliance on the justice of the tribunal, refusal to receive a summons, hindering a petition from reaching the summoned party, or impossibility to determine the domicile of a party. The description of other possible reasons for absence of a party is followed by an enumeration of legal consequences in order to pinpoint the various steps that a judge can take as well as ways of providing protection for the parties

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